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Originally posted by tjrage_25
I agree that the good teams will, in the end, get to the nationals. However, FIRST is going to give a first come/first serve opprotuntiy to some teams, it should be given to ALL teams.
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I am quite glad that they didn't.
Right now, it seems that there are about 60 teams that have already qualified for nationals. Assuming that the game is 2 v 2 this year, there will be 34 regional winners, 17 regional chairman's awards winners, and an 68 technical award winners. After duplicates are removed, that will be somewhere in the range of 100 teams.
There are 288 spots - 100 who qualify this year - 60 who qualified based on previous years + an unknown number for more duplicates. This means that there are anywhere between 100-150 spots availibile first-come first serve. Last year there were 500 something teams. Add the 40 % growth rate and there will be 700 teams this coming year. Having all of those teams vying for a hundred spots is not a good thing. By making sure that only half the teams can try to get into nationals this year, FIRST has doubled the chance that you will actually get a spot.